ritE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, POKTLANI. DECEMBER 1G. 1917.
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MILLS STORY
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Oregon Congressional Delega
tion Denies Having "Voiced
. 1 Indignation." .
EARLY PROTEST, LODGED
Senator Chamberlain . Tells?, of.. Re
ceiving Complaint From Pan Ma- '
larkey and of Filing It With
-- War Department.
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OREGONIAiV KTEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Dec. 15, Representative Sih
nott stands by the interview he gave
The Oregon ian last Monday, in which
he discussed conditions . as he found
them at Camp- Mills.
Today the original dispatch to The
Oregonian was submitted to Mr. Sln
Tiott. After reading it over twice, Mr.
Sinnott remarked. "That is substantial
ly what I said, but it is not all that I
jaid, and I am surprised at the mild
ness of the statement. Moreover, the
statement as here set forth is substan
tially the statement I made the next
day to the representative of the Oregon
Journal. I have given no interview
contradicting the statements herein at
tributed to me, and could not do so,
as the interview sets forth conditions
as I found them."
Delesratioa Express No Anger.
Later Representative Sinnott bor
rowed The Oregonian dispatches .'and.
submitted them to the Journal corre
spondent, who, after reading them, com
mented: "Yes, that is practically what
you told me."
As for indignation among members
of the Oregon delegation over ''wild-
,, eyed stories" printed in The Oregonian,
with reference to Camp Mills, no mem
,,! ber of the delegation expressed indig
nation to the Journal or any other cor
respondent, nor made other comment on
any of The Oregonian's reports, for the
Rood and sufficient reason that no mem
It ber of the delegation had seen any of
JJ the stories, until the one dispatch was
t submitted today.
Senator Chamberlain was asked if he
had voiced indignation over The Orego
nian reports on Camip Mills.
"I did not," he replied. "T don"t
know what The Oregonian has printed
and naturally could not comment on
dispatches I have not seen. I never
have heard of this indignation before
until just this minute."
Mr. Malarkey Sends Protest.
Senator Chamberlain then was asked
to read the Sinnott interview. He did
eo and .said that was substantially
what Mr. Sinnott had told him, but
added that in some details it was
.slightly stronger than Mr. Sinnotfs
statement to him. It then developed
ji that Senator Chamberlain himself had
J; filed the. first protest with the War
Department against the treatment of
the Oregon troops. ;
"Some time ago," said the Senator,
"I .received a telegram from Dan Ma
...larkey. reporting conditions at -Camp
Mills and jnaking complaint. I lm
"; 'mediately laid tliat telegram, before the
"'' War Department, said that Mr. Malar
' key was a prominent citizen of Ore
'""gbn'upon whose word reliance could be
placed and one' whose complaints
.... should be investigated. I said f urther-
more that he had been a member of
the draft board.
"The Department promised to make
an T Investigation of., the Malarksy
charges, but I have- never had a report
from the. Department on those charges.
I filed the Malarkey telegram with the
f,"War Department and made no public
mention of the matter at the time, as
1 supposed Mr. Malarkey did not intend
making it public."
Indignation Not Voiced.
Senator McNary was asked if he had
voiced "indignation" to the Journal
over The Oregonian stories. He re-
"T hava Tint V.a Tnnm.l
spondent for two or three days. I
x don't even know what The Oregonian
"has printed and certainly would not
wax indignant over something I know
nothing about. -
. "I did say to the Journal reporter,
earjy in the week, speaking with no
particular reference to any dispatches,
that false reports of the treatment of
'soldiers were calculated to incite some
. propagandist to criticise the Govern
ment, but that had no reference to
anything appearing in The Oregonian.
It wss a general observation."
Representative Sinnott, of course, was
not indignant over the publication of
hisrown interview; Representative Haw
ley; said he made no comment on the
Camp Mills story in The Oregonian to
the Journal correspondent or to anyone
else; he has never seen the stories.
No Comment Made on Story.
'" Representative McArthur said: "The
Journal correspondent never asked me
anything about The Oregonian reports
.-and I know nothing of them and have
never commented on them. He asked
me one day if. I had received telegrams
complaining of Camp Mills conditions.
I said I had not up to that time and
that was the only remark on the sub
ject that passed between us."
Representative Sinnott this evening
said he met Oswald West at Camp Mills
and they walked a short distance to
gether; that was before he ha.' made
a tour of the camp. He has not seen
Mr. West since.
The New York World of Thursday
last published & two-column report
written by its representative sent to
Camp Mills investigating complaints
on camp conditions made by Governor
Withycombe and others. This report
goes much more in detail than did Rep
resentative Sinnott. It shows condi
tions much worse than he pictured
them; it sustains everything Mr. Sin
nott said and deals a severe blow at
the War Department for maintaining
troops at Camp Mills after the Rain
bow Division left.
In a dispatch from its Washington
bureau, published last Thursday, the
Oregon Journal said:
"Members of the Oregon delegation
are indignant over wild-eyed stories
about conditions at Camp Mills report
ed to have been printed by the Portland
Oregonian. which is on the level of
German propaganda intended to cause
dissatlsfactioin and heartache among
the folks at home.
"Representative Sinnott 'and Oswald
West, among the latest visitors to the
camp, directly refute the tsories re
ported to have beencirculate d In Ore
gon." Statements in the 'headline over the
dispatch were: "Oregon Delegation In
censed at Reports Printed in Portland.
Tales Likened to Vicious Propaganda
Used by Germans. Congressman Sin
nott and Ex-Governor West Met and
Talked With Soldiers; Heard No Com
plaint." Near the end of the dispatch this
paragraph occurs:
"Congressman Sinnott, who visited
Camp Mills Monday, declares, there is
no occasion foa alarmist reports."
following publication of this dis
patch, whose complete falsity is shown
by the repudiation, printed in the fore
going, lay members of the Oregon del
egation of the Journal's pretended in
terviews, the Journal has editorialized
from day to day, taking its fictitious
dispatch as a basis, in an effort to bol
ster up its case.
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J. MACPHKRSO-V, HEAD OK V. OK O.
ASSOCIATION, TO FLY.
Charles TIadale, Harold Malson and
Lloyd Still Also Join Avia
tion Service.
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eugene,
Or., Dec 15. (Special. ) James Mac
pherson, general secretary of the cam
pus Young Men's Christian Association,
has resigned his position and will leave
Eugene within the coming few days to
enlist in the Aviation Corps. He is the
third secretary of the university Y. M.
C. A. to take up war work, his prede
cessor, J. D. Foster, having secured a
commission at the first officers' train
ing camp at the Presidio, while Charles
Koyl, the first secretary of the local
association, is now engaged in Army
Y. M. C. A. work in France.
Owing to the fact that men trained
for positions such as Mr. Macpherson
is leaving are in great demand for the
war work being carried on by the asso
ciation, considerable difficulty is looked
for in filling the vacancy. For the
present the work of the secretary will
be done by the students.
Three more names were added to the
list of students who have lit college
to enlist during the past threa weeks
today. Charles Tisdale, Harold Malson
and Lloyd Still, the latter two members
of this year's football team, will leave
Sunday for Seattle, where they will
take the examinations for entrance into
the Aviation Corps. All are members
of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and
prominent in campus activities.
906 LOGGERS JOIN' LEGION
Many Enlist in Loyal Legion of Log
gers and Lumber Workers.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) Captain W. A. Arnold and Jack
Guyter, who have canvassed Powers
and the Coos Bay logging camps for
volunteers in the Loyal Legion of Log
gers and Lumber Workers, report that
the legion has 906 members in Coos
County to date. There are five camps
yet to visit and it is expected 400 more
will be secured.
Tonight railroad men of the South
ern Pacific, who haul spruce logs and
aeroplane stock, were on application
admitted to the legion and signed up at
the local depot. The men at the saw
mills and shipyards will be given an
opportunity to Join the legion after
the camps have all been visited.
Vancouver Has 2 3 Prisoners.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 15.
(Special.) Twenty-three prisoners are
held in the Clarke County Jail, the
largest number ever held there. Nearly
half of the prisoners are women, who
were taken into custody in the attempt
of the local officers to suppress vice
conditions and Juvenile delinquency. .
Three Couples to Marry.
TACOMA, Wash.. Dec 15. (Special.)
Marriage licenses were issued here
today to B. M. Howell, Hillsboro, and
Bessie Bates, Roseburg, Or.; John B.
Burdon, Red Lake Falls, Minn., and La
belle Marie Newenhoff, North Yakima,
and Earl E. Jenka and Ora O. Benfleld,
both of North Yakima.
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YOUTHS WAR CRAZED
Willamina Brothers Go Insane
After Trying toxEn!ist.
NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERROR
Jobn and Charles Parker, After Re
jection From Service, Return
and Parade Hills Section
With Rifle and Knives.
SHERIDAN. Or., Dec. 15. (Special.)
John and Charles Parker, brothers,
rejected by a Portland recruiting sta
tion because of an unbalanced mental
condition, armed themselves with a .22
caliber rifle and knives yesterday and
ran amuck in the Highland district,
northwest of here. They terrorized
residents of the vicinity, but were cap
tured before they had done any harm.
They are 24 and 26 years old, respec
tively. The young men were placed'in the
Sheridan city jail after their weapons
had been obtained by a ruse, by Deputy
Sheriff Henderson. Today they were
removed to McMinnvnle for examina
tion as to their sanity. The brothers
are apparently ."war crazy."
Brothers Natives of Oregon.
The young men were born and raised
on the Coast Creek, of Upper Willa
mina, about 12 miles northwest of here.
While never very bright, their condi
tion was never considered serious.
Monday thy went to Portland for
examination.'- intending to enlist. Both
were rejected -and they returned to
Sheridan Thursday, where they passed
the night at a local hotel. Yesterday
morning they were seen on the streets,
one acting queerly by haranguing a
telephone poet on war conditions. The
other approached City Marshal Dack.
telling him his brother did not know
the way -to Willamina, five miles west
of here. Marshal Dack showed them
the way out of town and assumed they
were all right. They were carrying a
rifle.
. Actions CaaRe A I arm.
In proceeding toward Willamina the
brothers wandered into the highlands
and here ,by their shouting, singing,
praying and brandishing of the rifle
caused a hurry cajl for the Sheriff to
come after them.
Late last night they were brought to
Sheridan, where a number of men aided
in relieving them of a large stock of
cartridges. Their condition this morn
ing when taken to McMlnnville to be
lodged in the county Jail, was more
serious than when at large yesterday.
Their mother, living on Coast Creek,
has been notified. The father dropped
dead in the harvest field last year.
PEOPLE ASKED TO HELP
GOVERNOR GIVES HIS SUPPORT TO
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE.
Proclamation Is - Telegraphed to ' Na
tional Headquarters of " Red
Cross ..Associations '..
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 15i (Special.)
Governor Withycombe today ' issued a
proclamation to the people of Oregon,
calling upon every household in the
state to be represented in the union of
the American Red Cross.
The Governor is the first executive
In the country to issue a proclamation
for the Red Cross Christmas drive, and
because of this fact the proclamation
was telegraphed to National headquar-
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instance of that organization.
"I most earnestly commend ' the
Christmas membership drive of the Red
Cross to the cheerful support of the
people of Oregon," proclaims the Gov
ernor. The proclamation follows:
"Executive Department. Salem, Dec.
15, 1917.
"At this holiday season of the year,
when, following time-honored custom,
the spirit of giving prevails in every
home of the land, it is entirely fitting
and proper that each true American
should feel disposed to give such sup
port as he can afford to that great
humanitarian arm of the Federal Gov
ernment known, as the American Red
Cross.
"This is our first Christmas in the
world war. It is our first opportunity
to mingle with the usual holiday atmos
phere a responsiveness to the most
merciful and eloquent appeal for defi
nite service that has ever been made
to humane hearts. The larger part of
the so-callsd civilized world is in dis
tress. There are rainful wounds to
heal, torn bodies and souls that need
ministry. There is no better, surer.
quicker avenue of relief than through.
the undenominational agency of the
American Red Cross, whose nobis offi
cers have undertaken to mobilize the
heart and soul and wealth of America
'toward binding up the? wounds of a
bleeding world."
"No matter .how much we may, give
for the tender care oi our soldiers and
sailors, , we who- are obliged - to play
our parts at home must -feeL that any
hardships and sacrifices endured by us
are .negligible in the light of . the su
premo labors performed by the stal
wart sons of the land, l he more we
give the sooner this terrible war will
end and the sooner an enduring peace
will blazon its course across the now
dull horizon. ' ''
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combe, Governor of the state-of Oregon,
by virtue of the authority in me vested,
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to the cheerful support of the people
of Oregon and urge upon each Oregon
household the Inoperative necessity of
making this tru?y a Red Cross Christ
mas by giving a Christmas present to
humanity. Let every Oregon home be
represented in the great union of the
Red Cross.
"In testimony whereof, X have here
unto set nay hand and caused the great
seal of uie state of Oregon to be affixed
this 15th day of December 1917.
(Signed) "JAMES WITHYCOMBE.
. "Governor,"
Albany Folk Out to Help Uncle Sam.
ALBANY, Or., Deo. IB. (Special.)
Forty-one people have enrolled In the
night school which was established
this week by the Albany High School
to teach shorthand, typewriting and.
bookkeeping. It was expected that
probably 15 would enter the class and
the number enrolling exceeded all ex-
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